Tanjoubi omedeto Peter-san! It’s my first time listening to this lesson, what a coincedence! I’ve got a long way to go, but these lessons really help. Doumo arigatou gozaimasu!

Thanks so much for explaining the phrase to me. Now I can write it down in my notes and practice it along with the others!

Thanks again for the wonderful japanese lessons!

Denice

the “-do” at the end of “mo ichido” means a time… not like minutes and seconds but like an instance or event. Like in English saying “I want to go one more time.” So in “Mo ichido onegaishimasu” you have:

Mo = again
ichido = one time
onegaishimasu = please / request

for “kondo wa”, the “kon-” prefix means “this one”… meaning this as opposed to last or next. This week is “konshuu”. This month is “kongetsu”. Kondo therefore means “this time”, and the “wa” is the object marking particle.

Kondo wa yukkuri onegaishimasu = this time, slowly please

This is my first post to the Japapnese pod website. I’ve been studying the newbie lessons on the website for some months now. I’m enjoying this immensely! I’ve always wanted to learn another lanugage and jPod is making learning Japanese really fun!

Anyway, let me stop blabbing away. I have a question about this lesson. When it’s time for the phrases “Moichido onegaishimasu” “Yukkuri onegashimasu” there is a connecting phrase in between them. It sounds to me like it is “Condo wa”. What does that phrase mean and am I hearing it right?

Shisureishimashita if I spelled the phrase wrong!

Thanks for the great website! It’s helping to make a dream of mine come true!

Sincerely,
Denice

Thank you so much for your feedback!

Do you understand me?

You are almost right! 　It should be “いつもと同じだよ.”　
Mayumi

How is “I am the same as always” said? I had trouble transcribing from the audio:

いつもの同じだよ

it sounded like: いつもとうなじだいよ　but that doesn’t seem right.

有難う御座います